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SpaceX Stock (SPCX) had its first couple of days. Opened at $150. The IPO price was $135, so that’s an 11% pop before the bell even finished ringing. From there it ran to $176.52. Closed at $161.11. Up 19% on the day. Somewhere in that session, Elon Musk became the first trillionaire on paper. That’s...
SpaceX stock is now available. Ticker SPCX. Listed on the Nasdaq. And priced at $135 a share. That values the company at $1.77 trillion. This IPO alone is more than 3x the size of Alibaba’s, which held the previous record for the largest U.S. IPO. Biggest listing in history, full stop. If you trade stocks...
AI stocks are the most active market in the world right now. NVDA, AMD, AVGO, TSM, INTC are moving on continuous catalyst cycles. Every quarter brings earnings. Every month brings chip launches, infrastructure deals, hyperscaler capex reports. These names are not quiet. And yet most prop firm content treats stock trading like an afterthought. It...
Most traders pick their prop firm challenge based on one thing. Price. They look at what a 1-step costs versus a 2-step, pick the cheaper one, and move on. That’s the wrong way to think about this. Because the real question isn’t which one costs less. It’s which one fits how you actually trade. And...
Most traders hear “prop firm competition” and immediately think one thing. That’s not wrong. But it’s also not the full picture. Because competitions create a very specific kind of pressure. And most traders are not prepared for how that pressure changes their trading. The mechanics are simple enough. The psychology is what really eliminates people....
Most traders obsess over getting funded. But almost nobody thinks seriously about payouts until they finally reach one. And that’s genuinely sad. Because the payout structure quietly determines whether funded trading is even worth doing long-term. And this is where many traders realize an uncomfortable truth… Passing the challenge was easier than building consistent withdrawals...
Most traders imagine the same moment. You pass the challenge.You get funded.You finally relax. That’s the fantasy. Reality feels very very different. Because once you pass, the psychological game changes completely. And just be clear. A lot of traders realize too late that getting funded was only the beginning. Never the finish line. The First...
Passing the challenge is not the hard part anymore. That’s the weird thing nobody tells you. A lot of traders finally get funded… And then lose the account a week later. (Sometimes even faster) And honestly, it confuses people because they assume “if I passed, that means I’m good enough now” Not necessarily. Passing proves...
Most traders don’t fail prop firm challenges because they can’t trade. They fail because they misunderstand the rules. And honestly, a lot of the confusion is understandable. Prop firm rules sound simple when you read them on a website: Cool. Then you start trading… And suddenly those rules feel way more aggressive than they looked...
Most traders fail prop firm challenges because they use the wrong strategy for the environment. Not necessarily a “bad” strategy. Just one that completely collapses under challenge pressure. That’s an important distinction. A strategy that works in a personal account can suddenly become dangerous inside a prop firm because now: And a lot of strategies...
Most prop firm content online feels like it was written for forex traders. The examples are forex.The strategies are forex.The mindset is forex. So if you mainly trade stocks, eventually the question starts creeping in: 👉 “Can I even pass one of these challenges trading only stocks?” Short answer? Yeah. But the interesting part is...
A lot of stock traders enter prop firms thinking: “trading is trading” Then a few weeks later they’re: And they can’t figure out why. The weird part is that many of them were actually decent traders before joining. That’s what makes this interesting. Because usually the issue isn’t skill. It’s environment. Most prop firms still...
